jan 1, 1669 - coulter

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The iron blade on a plough which makes a vertical cut into the soil and is fixed in front of the share. 1485 <i>j sokke et j culter viijd</i>, Clotherholme (SS64/373); 1543 <i>all the teames, yockes, waynes, culters, shares</i>, Normanton (Th19/86); 1595 <i>all my husbandrie geare except one Coulter which I did promise him at the daie of his marriage</i>, Austonley (FAClxx); 1669 <i>did see John Bucke come with a Coulter in his hands and give itt to William Knapton to breake open the stockes</i>, Barwick in Elmet (QS1).

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